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Description:Claude Kenni is a young man who recently joined the Earth Federation, following the steps of his father. A strange energy has been spotted somewhere on a distant planet, and Claude and his father go there to investigate the matter. However, Claude gets sucked into a portal and ends up on a mysterious planet, in the middle of jungle. He sees a young girl threatened by a ferocious beast...
This young girl is Rena Lanford, an inhabitant of the planet - you can also start playing the game from her perspective. She likes going to the Shingo Forest to take a break from the world. But now she went a bit too far, and danger is ahead.Claude Kenni is a young man who recently joined the Earth Federation, following the steps of his father. A strange energy has been spotted somewhere on a distant planet, and Claude and his father go there to investigate the matter. However, Claude gets sucked into a portal and ends up on a mysterious planet, in the middle of jungle. He sees a young girl threatened by a ferocious beast...

This young girl is Rena Lanford, an inhabitant of the planet - you can also start playing the game from her perspective. She likes going to the Shingo Forest to take a break from the world. But now she went a bit too far, and danger is ahead... but the two heroes finally meet and together continue the investigation.

"Star Ocean: The Second Story" is a RPG that contains some original gameplay elements. You can learn various skills during the game, and become an expert alchemist, blacksmith, scientist, etc. You will be able to produce your own items (like for example making armor from iron ore if you have the appropriate skill). Another innovation are the so-called "Private Actions". You can talk to your party members and conquer their sympathies (so that they will fight better), or make them angry so that they will leave the party. The games has eighty slightly different endings that depend on your behavior to your comrades throughout the game.... (more)(less)

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Though it doesn’t get talked about as much as other RPGs from the early PlayStation era, Star Ocean: The Second Story isn’t one to miss. It tells the story of Claude and Rena, unlikely companions who come from very different backgrounds. Claude is a spacefaring adventurer who accidentally transports himself to Expel, a faraway planet of magic and fantasy, where he meets Rena, who thinks he must be a legendary Hero of Light. On top of that promising setup, the game is rife with intricate sy"